"Ain’t no snitches riding with us

Ol mo the mouth n***as could holler the front" - Lil’ Wayne

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    3 months ago

    Let’s be real, close to a majority of Americans have no issue with their iPhone being used as part of a mesh tracking network, even if it helps abusers with airtags.

    All they have to do is sell this to people as benefiting them, and they will gobble it up. Hell, chances are, insurance companies will start offering reduced rates if you drive one (and then they buy the data from Ford and increase rates with it).

    • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      3 months ago

      The massive difference between AirTags and this is that AirTags (and the whole Find My network, it’s not only AirTags after all) actually provide a useful service to each participant, namely locating their things if they get lost somewhere. This does effectively nothing for you and will only ever fuck over other people (you could argue rightfully so, but still) and provides no value to anyone other than the police.

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        One wonders whether instance companies will incentivize these vehicles with lower rates.

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          For whatever the insurance companies deem a low rate driver, sure. But you can be sure that many drivers will be paying more once their insurance company sees how much time they stare at a TikTok videos what “driving”.

          Actually. I do wish that phones would fucking tattle on people who can’t be bothered to watch where they’re going while operating 2 ton Hausfraupanzers.

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      Instead of paying 2000 dollars a month for your shitty lifted ford ranger you pay 1500 a month for your shitty lifted ford ranger, but the car will… SHUT THE FUCK UP, WHERE DO I SIGN?